Russian tax authority proposes using crypto as a foreign trade payment tool

Russian tax authority proposes using crypto as a foreign trade payment tool

Russia’s Federal Tax Service (FTS) has joined the debate around crypto regulation in Russia with an unexpectedly blunt proposition — to let Russian companies use digital currencies as a payment method when transacting internationally. On Wednesday, local newspaper Izvestia reported that the FTS left its official feedback on the draft of the crypto bill prepared by …

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BitLicensed Crypto Firms Ordered to Pay Annual Assessment Fees in New York

BitLicensed Crypto Firms Ordered to Pay Annual Assessment Fees in New York

  The cost of running a crypto business in New York is about to rise with the state government gearing up to require companies holding a BitLicense to pay assessment fees to ensure they’re complying with regulations. The rule was included in New York State’s FY2023 budget signed into law on April 9th by Governor …

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Portuguese regulator grants first crypto license to a bank

Portuguese regulator grants first crypto license to a bank

Portuguese based bank Bison Bank has received permission from Portugal’s Central Bank (Banco de Portugal) to operate as a “virtual asset service provider ”(VASP), making the first bank in the country to be given the green light by the regulator. On Thursday, Banco de Portugal updated its list of virtual asset service providers adding “Bison …

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